Iran Press/ Middle East: "The stance of Islamic countries in defending the Holy Quran is weak and disappointing," Sayyed Nasrallah said on Tuesday during the Ashura march commemorating the 13th of Muharram in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh.
"There is a Mossad agent who is desecrating Islamic sanctities under the protection of the Swedish police. his actions constitute an insult to two billion Muslims in the world," Nasrallah said.
However, amid the weak support shown by Islamic countries in their support for the Quran, "There is no longer any point for Muslims to await the decisions of their governments and organizations. They must assume their responsibilities and severely punish those who desecrate the Quran."
"If the insult had been directed at a king or a member of their family, they would have been upturned in fury. As for the burning of the Quran, they did nothing."
"If the rulers in our Islamic world do not have the courage and zeal to defend the Holy Quran, how will they have the courage to defend our land, Lebanon, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque?"
In that context, he highlighted that what protects "Lebanon, its wealth, and its sovereignty is the Resistance, while the international community is a hoax that has remained inconsequential.
"We are in an era of victories made by people and Resistance movements, not states and governments."
Elsewhere, Sayyed Nasrallah pointed to the recent clashes between the Fatah movement and extremist groups, in the Ain Al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the south of Lebanon, and said, "It is necessary for Palestinians to stop the fighting such that its repercussions would be detrimental to Palestinians in the refugee camp and the South at large."
He described the ongoing clashes as painful and called on everybody in the camp to stop the fighting.
"Anyone who can intervene, be it through a phone call or an action to stop the fighting, must do so as soon as possible."
He concluded, "We see in the army the basic guarantee of the unity of the land and stability," stressing the necessity of supporting this institution that is developing, and whose soldiers are exposed to many risks.
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